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Lockheed Martin delivers 1st F-35 Weapons Load Training System to Eglin AFB
Oct 17, 2011 - Lockheed Martin delivered and installed the first weapons load training device at the F-35 integrated pilot-and-maintenance training center (ITC) at Eglin Air Force Base's 33rd Fighter Wing. [Read more...]
F-35 completes successful vertical landing aboard USS Wasp
Oct 03, 2011 - The Navy and Marine Corps Team made more remarkable naval aviation history today as the F-35B test aircraft BF-2 landed safely on USS Wasp's (LHD-1) flight deck, the first at sea vertical landing for the Marine Corps' F-35 JSF version. [Read more...]
F-35 flight test progress report
Sep 20, 2011 - The F-35 flight test program moves closer to reaching year-end milestones since the last update issued July 26. Since then, the F-35 Lightning II conducted 124 test flights, bringing the total number of flights for the year to 642. [Read more...]
New titanium machining process supports F-35 affordability
Sep 15, 2011 - Lockheed Martin has obtained government approval to use a groundbreaking cryogenic titanium machining process in production of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter. [Read more...]
Time for MacKay to stop misleading the public
Sep 12, 2011 - Canadian Defence Minister Mr. MacKay is either incredibly ill-advised or is misleading the public about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). [Read more...]
F-35 defeated in air combat simulation
Sep 07, 2011 - An unnamed source stated that earlier this year a presentation was given by an industry air combat threat assessment expert to defense officials of a NATO country which showed that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) would not survive air combat against threats it is likely to see in its alleged service lifetime. [Read more...]
Air Force celebrates F-35 arrival
Aug 29, 2011 - An official unveiling of the F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter was labelled as a "historic occasion" by Air Force officials hosting the ceremony August 26 at the 33rd Fighter Wing. [Read more...]
A Tough Sell For Australia
Aug 09, 2011 - The top salesman for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter JSF program, Mr. Burbage, is in Australia to brief Defence stake holders. [Read more...]
F-35 grounded after electrical system failure thus joining the F-22
Aug 05, 2011 - For the third time in less than a year, the Pentagon has grounded all F-35 joint strike fighters because of a mechanical problem. The F-35s thus join the F-22 Raptors in stand down mode. [Read more...]
First Air Force F-35 pilot part of aviation history
Aug 01, 2011 - With the arrival of the joint strike fighter, the military continues setting the historic milestones for the worldwide aviation industry in preparing the first F-35 Lightning II pilots. [Read more...]
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